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HR8871

Below the horizon.  Rise: 11:55 | Tran: 14:09 | Set: 16:22
Alt: -28.73°   Az: 108.89°   Direction: East-South-East

HR8871 is a double giant star of spectral class K2 in the constellation of Sculptor.

HR8871 visual magnitude is 6.37. Because of its faintness, HR8871 is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

Image of HR8871 star
DSS2 image of HR8871. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8871 during the next 10000 years (7.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

23h 21m 04s
-33° 34’ 13”
17h 38m 43s
16h 59m 47s

J2000

23h 19m 43s
-33° 42’ 29”

Galactic Coordinates

8.9°
-69.21°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR8871.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.37
Giant

0.15
K2III
4121K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8871 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR8871. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR8871 is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR8871 double sysyem:

6.37
12.47
6.1
43.8 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8871 is distant 571.93 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 23 kilometers per second.

175.44
571.93
23 km/s
0.047 arcsec/y
-0.041"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO214459
SAO214459

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR8871 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 123.6°
Max altitude: 4.9°
Azimuth: 236.4°